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If you haven't seen it, ping over to Post 494 on the thread "Kenyan Birth Certificate - 1964 Divorce Timeline".

I've poured over numerous documents and research essays that DEEPLY explore the Islamic secessionist movement in the 10 mile coastal strip of the British Protectorate leading up to and including 1964.

That area of land, which was part of what is now Coastal Province in Kenya where Mombasa lies, became independent on October 5, 1963 from an agreement in the exchange of letters between the Prime Ministers of Kenya and Zanzibar Messrs Jomo Kenyatta and M. Shamte.

It seems the Coastal Registrar's office started calling itself the "Republic of Kenya" BEFORE Dec. 12, 1964 to protect its rights and not be annexed by neighboring Zanzibar.

The facts still line up for the Kenyan birth certificate to be legitimate.

...It seems the Coastal Registrar's office started calling itself the "Republic of Kenya" BEFORE Dec. 12, 1964 to protect its rights and not be annexed by neighboring Zanzibar.
The facts still line up for the Kenyan birth certificate to be legitimate.

That makes so much sense it has to be the best news yet...but be prepared to repeat yourself at least another hundred times before it sinks in...I'm getting tired and cranky, how about you? (little lol)

hmmm...thinking, maybe you need to put that up on a post of its own?

It appears from the Columbia Encyclopedia, sixth edition, that as early as 1920 the coastal strip was regarded to be a separate political entity called "Protectorate of Kenya" as distinguished from the "Kenya Colony." When or whether this strip became for a time a part of Tanzania should be researched. Perhaps it was only a principality belonging to the Sultan of Zanzibar rather than a part of Tanzania? I am particularly interested in what was called August 4, 1961, and of course in February 1964. At any rate, we have a starting point. Here is the blurb from the Encyclopedia:

In 1903, the first settlers of European descent established themselves as large-scale farmers in the highlands by taking land from the Kikuyu, Masai, and others. At the same time, Indian merchants moved inland from the coast. In 1920, the territory was renamed and its administration changed; the interior became Kenya Colony and a coastal strip (10 mi/16 km wide) was constituted the Protectorate of Kenya. From the 1920s to the 40s, European settlers controlled the government and owned extensive farmlands; Indians maintained small trade establishments and were lower-level government employees; and Africans grew cash crops such as coffee and cotton on a small scale, were subsistence farmers, or were laborers in the towns (especially Nairobi). (Emphasis supplied)